“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

(This newspaper clipping was created for the 69th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy. The topic is: “What If . . . This is your chance to rewrite history! Have you ever imagined your ancestor playing a major roll in history?”)

Lincoln’s assassination is one of those events that really changed the future, that makes you think… what if Booth’s gun had jammed… what if he couldn’t get the door to the presidential box open… what if Maj Rathbone had turned at the sound of the door opening… what if?